PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE! Now at 1a The Square, University of Glasgow.

Join us for an event marking the contributions to research made by Emeritus Prof Mike Osborne through his leadership and support for the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning. The event includes lunch, a series of speakers and closing drinks. See below and in the attached flyer for more information.

The University of Stirling is hosting an exploration of the ways in which work and life is increasingly entangled with data and AI. This event is geared towards workers and citizens interested in finding out more about the ways in which they are ‘surveilled’ and ‘surveilling’ in workplaces and society at large. AI expertise is not required! Insightful robust discussions across sectors may also give participants a way to spark similar informed debate in their own contexts as activism, advocacy, or professional learning. A resource package will be available post-event to facilitate this engagement. NB this is a hybrid event with both ace-to-face and online attendance options.

CR&DALL members and subscribers in the Glasgow area may be interested in the following seminar by Professor Jan Germen janmaat of UCL Institute of Education:

The Education for Democracy Index: Measuring and Assessing the Democratic Performance of Education Systems

This presentation introduces the Education for Democracy Index (EfDI), developed for most European countries using national data on system characteristics, policies, and practices. Unlike other indexes, the EfDI also evaluates the implementation of policies in schools. Read more about the presentation and speaker below.

This seminar is sponsored by the Democracy Under Threat: How Educaton Can Save It (DEMED) project at the University of Glasgow, the University of Strathclyde and the PASCAL Observatory. It is free to attend but registration is required. Find out more and register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-jan-germen-janmaat-the-education-for-democracy-index-tickets-1014405864247

The Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP), in cooperation with Springer’s International Handbook of Lifelong Learning, launches a new series of webinars to present cutting-edge research on lifelong learning to an interested audience. In a compact format, individual research findings and critical reflections on burning issues, such as the ecology of lifelong-lifewide learning for sustainable generative futures or learning for climate justice will be presented and discussed in the focus of social/political and the economic.